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verbsimple past tense and past participle of catch. OTHER WORDS FROM caughtun·caught, adjectivewell-caught, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH caughtcaught , court, cotWords nearby caughtcaudillismo, caudillo, Caudine Forks, caudle, caudle cup, caught, caught dead, wouldn't be, caught flat-footed, caught in the middle, caught short, caul Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for caughtA street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back. France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level. How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’|Michael Howard|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST A dozen Revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi. The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Best Buy is caught up in the breakneck world of technological innovation. Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At his year-end, pre-Hawaii press conference, we caught a rare glimpse of peak Obama. The Liberation of the Lame Duck: Obama Goes Full Bulworth|John Avlon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST In an instant the torrent had caught them in its whirling eddies, and they were so many separate atoms borne along on the flood. The Ward of King Canute|Ottilie A. Liljencrantz The boys, and those in the room, caught a glimpse of the old miner as he hurried past the window after the gambler. Two Boy Gold Miners|Frank V. Webster They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.' The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice It was well aimed, but was also caught on the shield, and fell broken to the ground. The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne Frye was caught in a trap of his own setting and could not sleep nights. Uncle Terry|Charles Clark Munn
British Dictionary definitions for caught
verbthe past tense and past participle of catch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with caught
In addition to the idioms beginning with caught - caught dead, wouldn't be
- caught flat-footed
- caught in the middle
- caught short
- caught with one's pants down, be
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to caughtarrested, seized, entangled, captured, under arrest |